North Yorkshire Moors Collection, Part IV: Coins and Medals

XVIII: Cast Copies, Restrikes and Electrotypes of Medals, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large silver restrike medal, c. 1870, from dies by T. Simon, bust left, battle scene in background, signed tho.simon.fe below, the lord of hosts word at dvnbar septem y 3 1650, rev. view of the Long Parliament, 34 x 29mm, 18.03g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.121 and pl. xi, 22, this piece; Henfrey pl. i, 1; MI I, 392/14; E 181a3). Die cracks both sides, good very fine, toned £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: O.F. Parsons Collection, Spink Auction 34, 14-15 March 1984, lot 605.

A commercial production by the Wyon workshop, probably dating from the 1870s